New Products

ANGOSS Software International released SmartWare Plus, an
application and systems management tool set and integrated business
automation suite for Linux. The SmartWare Plus business suite
contains a relational database, spreadsheet, and word processor,
and can run concurrently in multi-platform environments in either
graphics or text mode. The application development tools include
development tracking, from prototype through development,
application access security, documentation, prototyping, and
auditing. Price: US$50.00.

Software UNO announced the release of an entry-level version
of its WM-MOTIF library for porting MS-Windows applications to
Linux. WM-MOTIF Lite supports the user interface functions of the
MS-Windows API on Linux, and includes a full set of Windows
compatible controls and a resource compiler to compile Windows
scripts with minimal changes. Available via FTP from ftp.uu.net in
/vendor/uno/wmmlite/linux.zip.

SuperSolutions Corp introduced two tools providing job
scheduling and spooling for Linux. SuperScheduler allows system
administrators and programmers to create jobs for running any
number of programs or reports at predetermined times via event
scheduling. SuperSpooler is a set of programs that allow system
administrators to set up queues to run commands on local or remote
systems, allowing effective distribution of network load. Command
line access is available from remote sites.

Cyclades Corp released its new PCI RISC-based multiserial
board, the Cyclom-Ye/PCI. Using the Cirrus Logic CD1400 RISC
multiprocessors, the board will support serial speeds up to
115.2KBps on all channels, as well as full modem signals. Available
in 8, 16, 24, or 32 ports per PCI slot with DB25 or RJ45
connectors. Price: (16 port) US$1079.99; limited time offer
US$499.99.

Abraxas is shipping the PCYACC/HYPERTEXT 2000 package. It
includes language engines for ASN.1, HTML, RTF, PostScript,
HyperTalk, and SGML, and provides significant error processing
features for building hypertext systems.

They have also developed a set of tools to assist in
developing military language systems. PCYACC/MIL-LANG 6.0 provides
mechanisms to quickly integrate ADA, VHDL, and FORTRAN-90 language
systems into defense products, and allow quick changes to the
behavior of military equipment that is currently hardwired for
specific behavior.

Xforms is a graphical user interface toolkit and builder
based on Xlib for the X Window System. XForms is a portable C
library, and comes with a collection of objects (buttons, sliders,
and menus). Xforms comes with (among other things), source code for
more than 50 demo programs, 200 pages of documentation, precompiled
library and header files, and fdesign, an interactive GUI builder
that can be used to design dialogues in a WYSIWYG way and output
the corrosponding source code. Available from
bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms,
ftp://bloch.phys.uwm.edu/pub/xforms and others. Price: Free for
non-commercial use.

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